Stats  |  Links  | Narrative Stats Chip time: 3:25:41 (pace 16:35/mile) Links Event website and course map in Durham, NC. Narrative Not-a-taper:  I didn't look up what 20K was and I thought it was 9 miles, and I was just not really feeling like getting out there.  Six days earlier I had played tennis for the first time in 10 years, the afternoon of my 12 mile long-walk.  I only took Friday off from walking when I finally decided I was going to go to the race. DAL Female:  The reason I went was that I looked at the finish times from the previous year and there had been several people in my time-range.  This year, the gun went off and everyone disappeared!  There were only two other walkers, and soon after I passed them around mile one, they quit.  There was one male runner that I could see.  I passed him around mile three. The race organizers were very nice, and the police street crossings and water stations stayed out until after I had passed.  And the officer driving the chase car was very nice; he drove beside me a couple of times rather than on my heels and we chatted a little.